Background theory

1) What is word processor? Explain types of word processor with example

2) Define word processing with its feature and application.
3) Describe MS-Word with its features.
4) Define following terms.
a) menu b) Ribbon c) Title bar d) Ruler e) Status bar f) Format painter
g) Spelling and grammar check h) Thesaurus i) Dictionary j) Auto correct

5) Differentiate: a) Header and Footer

b) Endnote and Footnote
c) Save and Saves as
d) Copy. Paste and Cut. Paste
6) First Screen of MS-Word.
7) What is formatting in MS-Word? Explain different types of formatting.
8) What is mail merge? Write steps to perform mail merge.
9) Define terms:
a. Style
b. Graphics
c. Drawing
d. Table
e. Word art
f. Chart

Answer
1ans: A word processor is an electronic device or computer software application, that
performs the task of composing, editing, formatting, and printing of documents.
The types of word processor are:
a. MS-Word
b. Word perfect
c. Word star
d. Lotus note
2ans: The production, Storage, and manipulation of text on a computer or word processing.
Its feature are as follows:
a) It is used for creating, editing, processing text file.
b) It is used for formatting text, paragraph, tables and pages.
c) It is used for drawing picture, chart, graph etc.
d) It is used for inserting symbol, object, word art, clip art, graphics, etc.

Its application are as follows:

 a. Text editing and publishing document.
b. Checking spelling and grammars of document.
c. Formatting and editing document.
d. Mathematical calculation and macro handlings.
3ans: Microsoft Word or MS-WORD (often called Word) is a graphical word processing
program that users can type with. It is made by the computer company Microsoft.Its purpose is to
allow users to type and save documents. Similar to other wordprocessors, it has helpful tools to
make documents.
Its features are as follows:
a) It is used for creating, editing, processing text file.
b) It is used for formatting text, paragraph, tables and pages.
c) It is used for drawing picture, chart, graph etc.
d) It is used for inserting symbol, object, word art, clip art, graphics, etc.

4ans:
 HEADER
The header is the top most portions separated
from the main body containing text for general
information about the text.
A header usually includes information such as the
title of the book, the author and/or the name of the
chapter reading.
FOOTER
The footer is the equivalent to the header
which is placed at the bottom of the page, and it
is usually reserved for the page numbers and
the footnotes to the main text.
Like the header, the footer may also run
throughout the document and it is usually
reserved for the page numbers.